One of the newer donor advised funds at the Otsego Community Foundation is the Cwik Holly by Golly Fund, started by Michael and Terri Cwik. Let's learn a few facts about this fund. Why did you decide to help others through the Otsego Community Foundation? The...
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Youth Advisory Committee 2020-2021 Recruitment
The Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) is a group made up of student representatives from Otsego county high schools and adult advisors. Members of the YAC are empowered to be positive role models for other youth as philanthropists and volunteers, asses local youth needs,...
Grant Spotlight: Otsego County Judicial System Rehabilitate Rather Than Incarcerate Program
The Rehabilitate Rather Than Incarcerate Project provides high-risk/high-need, drug/alcohol addicted repeat offenders in Otsego county with tools to maintain their sobriety by supporting rehabilitation as an alternative to incarceration through incentives, education...
Additional Support for Nonprofits During COVID-19
As small businesses and nonprofits continue to face their own unique challenges during the pandemic, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is launching a program to provide additional support. The state of Michigan allocated $100 million from CARES Act...
Christmas in July, I Love My Community Grant
Extreevaganza is an event of merriment and philanthropy. The first Friday of every December, the community comes together to raise funds for the Community Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation. The Community Fund's purpose is to meet the ever-changing needs of the...
Announcing the 2020 OCF Scholarship Recipients
The Otsego Community Foundation would like to recognize the following local students who received this year’s scholarships. The OCF’s scholarship program connects funds from forward-thinking donors to deserving local students pursuing further education. This year, we...
OCF Passes Accreditation
The Otsego Community Foundation recently received confirmation that we've earned accreditation with National Standards for Community Foundations™, the highest standards for philanthropic excellence. The OCF first met National Standards in 2014, and in 2019 it was...
T.A.C.K.L.E. Race Goes Virtual
T.A.C.K.L.E knows firsthand that cancer knows no bounds, it has no mercy and will slow down for nothing, including a global pandemic. Even though we were disappointed that our 6th Annual 5K Color Tour slated for April 25th had to be postponed due to COVID-19, we have...
2019 Annual Report
View our 2019 Annual Report below. Hint: Click on the full screen mode icon below the book to enlarge the pages.
Grant History: First Otsego Community Foundation Grant Awarded to Energy Outlet in 1998
How can it be almost 25 years since the Energy Outlet was built? How time flies! Did you know the first grant that the Otsego Community Foundation, through the Youth Fund, awarded was to Energy Outlet? How many giggles and laughs have been heard while sliding on a...
COVID19 Response Fund Sponsors PPE for Nonprofits and Small Businesses.
COVID19 has changed the world in which we live. For the last few months, the majority of us have been working from home in sweatpants, and, if we have a Zoom meeting, a nice top or sweater. As I, Karin Beyer, Community Liaison at OCF, sat in multiple Zoom meetings...
Celebrating Youth Advisory Graduating Seniors: Hannah Johnston and Sara Daugherty
Will the Youth Advisory Committee miss both of our graduating seniors? The answer is a huge YES. Both Hannah Johnston and Sara Daugherty have been very active members of YAC since they were 8th graders. Their knowledge and love for community has made them outstanding...